NCAA 1-AA football playoff selection criteria
This came in as part of a blog comment which I posted, but it is so highly informative I thought everyone would like to see it, in case they miss it..
I can only assume this information is accurate.
Here it is:
As for which team is selected to that playoff, remember that's an independent committee selecting and not the same committee currently selecting the sports network poll.
Monmouth stands a better shot that SDU at getting an invite. By all accounts Monmouth stands a better chance of getting selected based on that committee’s rules for selection. Here’s some info on how those selections are made.
Sixteen playoff teams will be announced on Nov. 19 (1 pm EST), of which eight will be automatic qualifiers (the champions of the Atlantic 10, Big Sky, Gateway, MEAC, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern and Southland conferences) and eight will be chosen as at-large entries by the Division I-AA Football Committee, with assistance from four regional advisory committees. The I-AA committee will also seed the top four teams. The committee will be asked to judge at-large teams on the following points - which come straight out of the NCAA manual:
1. The committee shall select the best teams available on a national at-large basis to complete the bracket;
2. There is no limit to the number of teams the committee may select from one conference;
3. The won-lost record of a team will be scrutinized to determine a team’s strength of schedule;
however, less than seven Division I wins will place a team in jeopardy of not being selected;
4. The committee may give more consideration to those teams that have played all Division I opponents;
And 5. If the team of a committee member is under consideration, the member may not vote for the team being considered and will not be in the room when a vote is taken.
To the blogger...nice job!!!
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
I can only assume this information is accurate.
Here it is:
As for which team is selected to that playoff, remember that's an independent committee selecting and not the same committee currently selecting the sports network poll.
Monmouth stands a better shot that SDU at getting an invite. By all accounts Monmouth stands a better chance of getting selected based on that committee’s rules for selection. Here’s some info on how those selections are made.
Sixteen playoff teams will be announced on Nov. 19 (1 pm EST), of which eight will be automatic qualifiers (the champions of the Atlantic 10, Big Sky, Gateway, MEAC, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern and Southland conferences) and eight will be chosen as at-large entries by the Division I-AA Football Committee, with assistance from four regional advisory committees. The I-AA committee will also seed the top four teams. The committee will be asked to judge at-large teams on the following points - which come straight out of the NCAA manual:
1. The committee shall select the best teams available on a national at-large basis to complete the bracket;
2. There is no limit to the number of teams the committee may select from one conference;
3. The won-lost record of a team will be scrutinized to determine a team’s strength of schedule;
however, less than seven Division I wins will place a team in jeopardy of not being selected;
4. The committee may give more consideration to those teams that have played all Division I opponents;
And 5. If the team of a committee member is under consideration, the member may not vote for the team being considered and will not be in the room when a vote is taken.
To the blogger...nice job!!!
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
posted by Tony Graham at 3:40 PM
5 Comments:
In this time of PC, I'm gonna get religious and say AMEN to that! Thanks blogger and Tony!
Tony,
Thanks for the comment on my blog response being informative. However I can't take credit for digging that up on my own. That's from the Sportsnetwork's own Matt Dougherty, I-AA Football Editor. He wrote that as part of his Week 10 column titled "The search for a second bid".
Double thanks for the info....soon as I finish reading these late posts I will hop over to TSN and look at it..I will probably use it in Thursday's story....
This from the same Matt Dougherty..and I quote:
The debate over the worthiness of teams from the PFL and NEC in the postseason can continue at full steam as well.
San Diego got four touchdown passes, two TD runs and a touchdown reception from quarterback Josh Johnson (398 total yards, 7 total TD) in a 56-14 win over Dayton.
The Toreros finish the regular season with a 10-0 record, though a pair of games against non-Division I competition figure to send them to the Gridiron Classic on Dec. 2.
Their likely destination will be Monmouth, which earned a berth in that game and won the NEC championship outright with a 19-0 victory at Albany and Central Connecticut State’s 35-32 win over Stony Brook.
The Hawks get to 10-1 against an all Division I schedule, but would still have to be considered a longshot for the playoff field.
And more from Matt as I read his column for Week 11
WEEK 11 NOTEBOOK
Team of the Week: Monmouth
The Hawks don’t have a major media market (This from me - Hey, where's the Shore area? Alaska? Just kidding) or flock of message board posters that spread like a fungus supporting their longshot cause for an at-large berth to the Division I Football Championship. And even at 10-1 against an all Division I schedule, a longshot is still an accurate description of Monmouth’s hopes to earn a playoff bid from a "Mid-Major" conference. But if anyone from the usually disregarded I-AA leagues is going to have a case for playoff selection, Monmouth is sitting in good shape after defeating Albany, 19-0, to win the Northeast Conference title on Saturday. In a battle of stellar defenses, the Hawks limited Albany to 174 yards of total offense and posted their second shutout of the season to win the NEC title outright for the first time in school history. After stopping an Albany drive deep in their territory to start the game, the Hawks moved down the field and took a 7-0 lead on a short touchdown run by David Sinisi, who scored for the 11th game in a row. After a three-and-out by the defense, Monmouth mounted another touchdown drive that ended with Brian Boland’s two-yard pass to Mike McClelland and put it ahead, 13-0, early in the second quarter. Boland connected with Adam San Miguel on a 63-yard scoring strike for a 19-0 lead on the first play from scrimmage in the second half, and the rout was on as the Hawks’ defense was never seriously threatened.
Boland finished 17-of-18 passing, including 11-of-12 in the first half, for 214 yards and two touchdowns. Monmouth will begin preparations for a certain spot against the PFL champion in the Gridiron Classic on Dec. 2. But with wins over Colgate, Morgan State and Albany and the all Division I schedule, the Hawks can at least sit back next week and root against New Hampshire, Towson, Eastern Illinois, Montana State and others in hopes of obtaining a playoff bid that would have been unfathomable when the year began.
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